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The Linux kernel
Andries Brouwer, aeb@cwi.nl
2003-02-01

Some remarks on the Linux Kernel

Is Linux a Unix system? That depends on your definition of Unix. For the user there is no doubt: Linux is a Unix. Maybe the lawyer has doubts: who owns the trademark Unix today? There is a point where Linux differs from other Unices: the source base of the kernel was developed from scratch, not as a continuation of original Bell Labs work...

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